https://pjmedia.com/spengler/2013/01/22/denial-still-is-a-river-in-egypt-cross-posted-from-asia-times-online/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 09:29:46 -0400<![CDATA[[Not to belabor the point, but the reason that the Obama administration gets away with an outrageously wrong foreign policy in the Middle East is that the Republican mainstream shares the premise of his foreign policy: the US must find a solution that is good for everyone in the region, that Muslim democracy arising from the Arab Spring is the region&#8217;s great hope for peace and stability, and that a democratically-elected government is prima facie a good government. This dogma was part of the reason we Republicans lost the last two presidential elections, and why George W. Bush doesn&#8217;t show his face in public. Republicans who don&#8217;t sign off on this utopian view are demonized, for example, the estimable Michelle Bachmann. I signed the petition to support Rep. Bachmann circulated by Caroline Glick at frontpagemag.com and I urge all my readers to do the same. I think Rep. Bachmann should spend less time worrying about low-level Muslim Brotherhood operatives in the State Department and more time bashing her Republican colleagues for voting aid money to Mohamed &#8220;apes-and-pigs&#8221; Morsi, but that&#8217;s a quibble among friends].]]>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 04:28:25 -0500<![CDATA[David P. Goldman]]>https://pjmedia.com/david-p-goldman/2013/01/22/denial-still-is-a-river-in-egypt-cross-posted-from-asia-times-online-n131168